A $3.5 MILLION GIFTfrom the Kurt and Erma Rose Trust will help establish up to six new endowed chairs at the USC/ Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.The gift will also fund a new program to recognize those who have included the USC/Norris in their wills.The Rose bequest will prove to be among the most important gifts the Norris has ever received, predicts Bill Watson, director of development.The first $3 million from the bequest will be divided into $500,000 lead gifts toward the $1.5 million needed to fully fund a chair.This gives individuals who may not be able to give more than $1 million the ability to endow a chair in their name, he said.

THE ROSE GIFTalso establish the Kurt and Erma Rose Heritage Circle, to encourage other individuals like the Roses to include USC/Norris in their wills.Weve had dozens of individuals step forward and let us know weve been given revocable trusts in their wills, Watson said.
We hope to recognize them and others who may not yet have identified themselves so we can demonstrate the importance of their gifts to us.